Improvement in rotary mechanical movement



ADDISON GOODYEAR WATERHOUSE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Letters Parmi No. 102,454, dared April 26, 1870.1

IMPROVEMENT IN ROTARY MECHANICAL MovEMEN'I'.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making paxt of the same.`

I, ADDISON GOODYEAR WATERHOUSE, of thecity and county of San Francisco, State of' California, have invented a new and Improved Rotary Mechanical Motion, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Object of the Invention.

The first part of' my invention relates to the combination of' three wheels in one, forming' a three-fold 'compound wheel consisting in the combination of au annular.. wheel, a center wl'leel, andv acirculating wheel with a crank or eccentric,l and consists of a compact and durable arrangement of said partsl to form a device'which is applicable to capstans, hoists, and all vwinding-machines, or all kinds of rotary mechanical gearing in which a comparatively quick rotary motion is to he reduced to a slower` one with a proportional increase of power, or in which comparatively slow mo-v tion is to produce a more rapid one.

AMy invention further relates to the combination of ratchets, pawls, iiictionhbrakes, and engaging or shipping-gears, in combination with any of the parts of my said rotary' mechanical motion, whereby a Variety of motions is produced, and different ,degrees of power attained inthe same wh'eel.

Description of the Accompanying Drawings.

Figure 1 is a diagram, showing the pitch-circle of the three wheels, the circledescrihedby the center of the circulating wheel, and also showing the common axis of the wheels A and O.

Figure 2 is an elevation of a machine embodying the most essential parts of my invention.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the machine shown in g. 2.

Figures 4 and 5 are two 4diiierent forms of machine shown in igs. 2 and 3, in which'wheel Ois stationary,

vandwheel B is propelled by an'eccentric attached to or made part of a propelling-shaft K, in line with the wheel-shaft S. In each of these figures wheels A andl O are on opposite sides of circulating-Wheel B.

Figure 6 is a vertical section of a capstau having my improvements on a plane passing through the axis of the capstan.

Figure 7 is a view of wheel B.

Like letters refer to like parts.

General Description.

My invention relates to a novel system of 'rotary gearing of very general application in machinery, and consists primarily and essentiallyY of three toothed wheels, designated throughout this spe-cilicationf-as wheel A, or the outer Wheel, wheel B, or the circulating Wheel, and wheel O, or the center wheel; all of said wheels being situated inthe same or parallel planes.

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Wheel B has 'an axis parallel to the axis of wheels A and O, but eccentric to them.

All of said wheels to beso proportioned that the pitch-circle of the cogs of wheel B will be -in contact with the pitch-circle'of the cogs of wheel A on one side, and the cogs of wheel B be in contact with'the cogs of wheel G onthe opposite side of said wheel B, so that the two points of contact will be iny straight line across both axes of the wheels A and Ofandthe axis of wheel B. f y

The laccompanying diagram, fig. 1, will still more clearlydefne the-constant relative position and motion of the aforesaid wheel;

a representing tlie pitch-circle of wheel A,

b Vrepresenting the pitch-circle of wheel B; and

c'represcuting the pitch-circle of wheel O;

f, the common axis of'y wheelsAand O; and

g, thecirclc described by the center of wheel B as y it is circulated around the center f ofwheels A and-0. In order to calculate the relative velocity of the dit" 'ferentwheela and the means by which-they are pro pelled, we'vvill continueour reference to diagram fig. .1.y

In it the points of contact of' wheels A and B are at u, and of wheels B and C are at n, and the center of wheel B at o, so we iind that u, o, f,'and 'u are all iu a straight line," now, if the center of wheel B, o,

is swung around' its circle 1] to o, then the points f contact of thethrcc wheels would be at x and l1, bringing x, j, o, and yall in a right line, as 'shown by dot line m. v f

Now, it is evident that if the circle c is xed, and o, (the center of wheel 13,) is caused to move around the circle g, which is around' the center of wheels A and-C,.then b will roll around on the vxed circle c,

and b will also roll on a,`and when o has completed -its revolution the diagram will still represent the position of the circles and points as at first, but every point in-b will have advanced iu the direction moved by o a distance equal to b c, and every point in c will have advanced in the samevdirction equal tov the distance of (w-b)l(b-c)=x.

Now, if circle a is fixed, and circle c set free to revolve, and o, (the center of wheel B,) be caused to pass around the circle g, as before, once, then the diagram will continue to correctly represent the position of the circles and points as at iirst, but b and c willhave revolved in a contrary direction to the one described by o,-b'will have-advanced'a distauceeqnal lalb, and every point in c will have advanced in the same direction equal to w-b-l-lJ-a For a further illustrationA let us apply this calcula-y *I tion to iig. 2 and fig.- 3. First, supposing the shaft Sand wheel O to be xed with a brake, and the other free to Wheels A and O are concentric, having a common v revolve: nowas the pitch distances of all the cogs in these t-hree wheels are equal, and B has one cog less than A, and G has one cog less than B, or two less than A-f0r, in this case, A has eight cogs, B has seven, and C has six-now, as o, (the center of B,) is propelled once around the center of' A and G by the cam fr revolving around the shaft or center of A and G, then the revolution of B would be, if' measured by cogs, equal to 7--6:1, and the revolution of A would be equa-l to (7--6)+(87)= 2, ortwo cogs or two-eighths of a revolution, making four revolutions of the cam lr to one of the wheel A; now, if wheel Ais prevented from revolving, and wheels B and O let free to'revolve, then at one revolution of the cam fr, the wheel C would revolve in an opposite direction equal to A-BI-B--O (S.-7)-i(7-6) 2, or two-sixths of a revolution, or three revolutions of the cam r to one of the. wheel C.

It will be seen from the foregoing description of this mechanical movement or system of gearing of which my invention consists, that, although mention is madeiu this specification of only a few applications of whriehit is susceptible, it is really a device 0f extensive utility and adaptability.

In the application of my invention the circulatingwheel B may have either one or two circles of cogs. If= one circle, it; must always be in conta-et with the pitch-circle of A on one side, and with C on the opposite side, but if wheel B has two pitch-circles, or two circles of cogs, whether they are both upon one face o'r surface, or upon the opposite faces of said wheel, .or Vin whatsoever form they may be, the cogs of wheel B, that engage in the cogs of wheel C, must engage upon the opposite side of wheel B to those of its c o'gs that engage in wheel A, that is, said points of contact will alwaysbe found on opposite sides of wheel B, and thecogs of B that engage in the cogs of A must be on the same plane.and the cogs of B that engage with wheel C must also be on one plane. Still, wheels A and G may be on opposite surfaces of wheel B, but have a common axis.

Now, it' has been seen,`when the center of B is circulated around the center of A and O, tha-t if C is fixed, A revolves the way that the center of B circulates, and if A is fixed, C revolves in the opposite direction that the center of B circulates. Therefore, it

is evident that if C is fixed, and A revolved, or if A is fixed and C revolved, it would cause rapid circulatvolved, revolves the eccentric lr, causing the center of wheel B to circulate, moving wheel A or C, as above set forth. In both of these A and O are on opposite sides of wheel B, wheel C being fixed, and wheel A made to revolve.

Tn the capstan represented in fig. 6, l is one of the sockets for the capstan-bars an, a bell-crank attached to D 'operated by suitable apparatus fi for the purpose of controlling pawl n..

In this capstan the wheel C is divided in two C C', the part C being free to revolve` upon shaft S and upon C in one direction, but prevented from revolving in the other by being connected and disconnected automatically with C by-means of the pawls e and ratchet 17, G being keyed to shaft S.

A in this Ycapst-an is provided at its upper extremity with a ratchet, q, in the teeth'of which work the pawls u. e

The lower` part of A forms the waist ordrum upon which the rope or chain is wound, the foot of the shaft S is keyed to a bed-plate, (not shown,) said bed-plate and the circumference of the foot of A at w are connected with pawls and ratchets in the usual manner.

I claim as my inventionl. The'combination of the three wheels` A, B, and C, to be lpropelled in the manner and for the purposes substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination of brakes, clutches, or other devices with either wheel A, B, 012C-, for the purposes of creating a variety of motions in the same machine, as described.

3. The wheel C, divided into two parts C and C', lig. (i, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbeforc set forth.

ADDISON GOODYEAR WATERHOUSE. 

